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THE CONDOR 
Vol. XVI 
Angeles, by M. W. Blain. Resignations were 
read and accepted, of E. Boyer, A. G. Ul- 
rich, F. O. Pilsbury, and C. W. Bowles. 
Election of officers of the Division for 1914 
gave the following results : President, J. 
Eugene Law ; Vice-president, Howard Rob- 
ertson ; Secretary, H. S. Swarth. A com- 
munication from Mr. W. L. Dawson, tender- 
ing his services to the Club for a lantern 
slide lecture some time in February, was re- 
ceived with the greatest enthusiasm, and the 
secretary was instructed to make the neces- 
sary arrangements. Members of the Audubon 
Society who were present suggested that it 
be made a joint affair of the two societies, 
and it was so ordered. 
A letter was read, written by Joseph Dixon 
and addressed to Mr. Grinnell, containing 
an intensely interesting account of the vicis- 
situdes of his party in Arctic Alaska before 
their final safe installation in winter quar- 
ters. The letter was brought overland by 
certain members of the expedition, and took 
over three months in reaching its destina- 
tion. 
Mrs. Husher announced that in future the 
Los Angeles Audubon Society would hold its 
meetings the third Thursday of each month, 
the place of meeting being the Plotel Clark, 
on Hill Street, between Fifth and Sixth. 
Meetings will be held at 3 p. m. Mr. George 
Wood spoke briefly of certain game and oth- 
er animals of northern Arizona, as observed 
by him in the mountains near Kingman and 
Prescott. 
Although a mishap to the lighting system 
of the portion of the city in which the Muse- 
um is situated forced the meeting to be held 
“by yellow candle light”, the only curtailment 
of the program was the forced omission of 
the inspection of the Museum building and 
exhibits, with which the meetings usually 
close. Adjourned. — H. S. Swarth, Secretary. 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
December. — Tlie regular monthly meeting 
of the Northern Division of the Cooper Or- 
nithological Club was held at the Museum 
of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, California, 
Thursday evening, December 18, 1913. Presi- 
dent Carriger was in the chair with the fol- 
lowing members present : Mesdames Allen 
and Grinnell, Miss Swezy, and Messrs. Bry- 
ant, Camp, Grinnell, Pleinemann, Lastreto, 
Parker, Ray, Shelton, and Storer. Miss 
Gertrude Goldsmith and Messrs. F. Martens 
and Otto Plath were present as visitors. The 
Northern Division minutes for November 
were read and approved followed by the read- 
ing of the Southern Division minutes for 
November. 
Miss Powell and Messrs. Pope, Reynolds, 
and Stover were elected to membership. The 
following were nominated for membership ; 
from the Northern Division : Miss Etta V. 
Little, 229 S. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, 
California, proposed by H. C. Bryant ; from 
the Southern Division : F. R. Decker, Pross- 
er, Washington, and G. H. Lings, Nyack, 
New York, both proposed by W. Lee Cham- 
bers. The resignation of Mr. Charles W. 
Bowles was accepted. 
A communication from Mr. A. L. Cowell 
of the Bureau of Conventions and Societies 
of the Panama-Pacific International Exposi- 
tion was read, expressing interest in the ac- 
tion of the Club toward promoting a Con- 
servation Congress. 
Nominations of officers for the Northern 
Division in 1914 were as follows: President, 
Harold C. Bryant ; Vice-President, Chase 
Littlejohn; Secretary, Tracy 1. Storer. 
Mr. Alfred Shelton presented the paper of 
the evening, entitled, “Birds of the North- 
western Coast Counties of California”. Mr. 
Shelton was a member of an expedition sent 
out by the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology 
through the region mentioned, during the 
past summer and paid particular attention to 
the birds. In the paper Mr. Shelton first gave 
brief descriptions of the localities visited by 
the party, and then some of the interesting- 
records and observations were related. Ad- 
journed. — Tracy I. Storer, Secretary. 
January. — The regular monthly meeting 
of the Northern Division of the Cooper Or- 
nithological Club was held at the Museum 
of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, California, 
Thursday evening,. January 15, 1914, at 8 
o’clock. Vice-President Bryant was in the 
chair with the following members present : 
Mrs. Grinnell, Messrs. Grinnell, Parker, 
Rankin, Shelton, Silliman, and Storer. Miss 
Goldsmith and Messrs. Lee R. Dice and 
Arthur Folger were present as visitors. The 
minutes of the Northern Division for De- 
cember, 1913, were read and approved fol- 
lowed by the reading of the minutes of the 
Southern Division for the same month. 
It was moved, seconded, and carried that 
the Secretary cast the unanimous ballot of 
those present electing those nominated at the 
December meeting as the officers for the cur- 
rent year. Miss Etta V. Little and Messrs. 
F. R. Decker and G. H. Lings were elected 
to membership. The application of Mr. 
Finlay Simmons, Houston, Texas, proposed 
by W. Lee Chambers was read. 
Mr. A. C. Chandler delivered the paper of 
the evening, his subject being, “Some inter- 
esting facts about feathers.” Adjourned. — 
Tracy I. Storer, Secretary. 
